CGA Releases 2005 DIRT Report

NEW DIRT REPORT IS OUT: Failure to Notify Is Still the Biggest Culprit
Alexandria, VA – December 19, 2006 – A new statistical study has reaffirmed that damage prevention awareness programs are still an essential ingredient in the ongoing campaign to reduced damage to underground facilities.

The most frequently reported root cause of damage or near miss events was a failure to notify one-call centers, according to the Damage Information Report Tool (DIRT) report that was released today.

DIRT received reports from 51,600 events - more than double the number from the previous year – in arriving at its findings. Records were received from 45 U.S. states and one Canadian province. The natural gas stakeholder group submitted about 63 percent of the records and the telecommunications industry about 22 percent. Based upon the facility event data submitted for root cause, the option of "no notification made to the One-Call notification center," was most frequently reported by stakeholders (16,098 events, or 31.2 per cent). (Click below for complete press release and to download the report)

COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE (ISSUED DECEMBER 20, 2006):
http://www.commongroundalliance.com/Content/ContentGroups/Data_Reporting_and_Evaluation_Committee/CGA_DIRT_Report_PressRelease_121906.pdf
DIRT REPORT - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Pages 1-10 including overview, key findings and conclusions):
http://www.commongroundalliance.com/Content/ContentGroups/Data_Reporting_and_Evaluation_Committee/DIRT_2005_Report_Executive_Summary.pdf
FULL REPORT (Pages 1-53):
http://www.commongroundalliance.com/Content/ContentGroups/Data_Reporting_and_Evaluation_Committee/CGA2005DamageReport_FINAL.pdf